Chapter 5
SONET Topologies
Figure 5-26 Using the span shortcut menu to display circuits
On the Circuits on Span dialog box
Step 3
circuits away menu:
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CLEAR removes a previously-set switch command.
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MANUAL switches the span if the new span is error free.
FORCE forces the span to switch, regardless of whether the new span is error free.
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LOCKOUT locks out or prevents switching to a highlighted span. (LOCKOUT is only available
when Revertive traffic is enabled.)
Caution
FORCE and LOCKOUT commands override normal protective switching mechanisms. Applying
these commands incorrectly can cause traffic outages.
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5-27), select the protection from the Switch all UPSR
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